From: DDDH Send
Date: March 1, 2007 11:59:26 AM CST
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: New Grievance Procedures
Reply-To: DDDH Send
NEW GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES for Faculty/Instructional Staff and Students
will become effective on March 1, 2007. The complete procedures are
now available online at http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/
policies_proced.html. New Grievance Procedures for Academic
Professional Employees are in development; until then, the procedures
established in March 22, 1989 and revised in 2003 remain in effect
for AP's.
Please watch your email and the Faculty Affairs website for
information about training sessions, which will be held during March,
April, and over the summer. For additional information, please
contact Laura Stempel at (faculty/instructional
staff) or Linda Deanna at (students).
Mrinalini C. Rao, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Illinois at Chicago
Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (M/C 103)
Room 2715 University Hall
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Ph. (312)413-3470; Fax (312)996-1700
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/rao.html
http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpb/pages/rao/rao.htm
Assistant: Laura Stempel,
For appointments, please contact Kristy Kambanis at
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 7, 2007 11:00:26 AM CST
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: FIPSE FY 2007 Comprehensive Program Update
Reply-To: DDDH Send
FIPSE FY 2007 Comprehensive Program Update
The U.S. Department of Education recently reported that the budget
for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
Comprehensive Program has been unexpectedly reduced. The
Department now only expects to fund about 17 Comprehensive Program
awards of $200,000 each this year. The agency only intends to give 1
month to respond to the new program announcement due out by late
March/early April.
The Department released tentative invitational priorities which are
expected to be contained in the forthcoming announcement. The
Department does not give applications that meets these invitational
priorities a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
Invitational Priorities:
Invitational Priority 1:
Projects encouraging higher levels of access, persistence, and
completion of graduation requirements for higher education.
Invitational Priority 2:
Projects aligning curriculum on a state or multi-state level between
high schools and colleges, and between two-year and four-year
postsecondary programs, to ensure continuing academic progress and
transferability of credits (note - not UIC partnering with local
community colleges but a regional alignment).
Invitational Priority 3:
Projects improving the mathematics and science proficiency of
postsecondary students including preservice math and science teachers.
Invitational Priority 4:
Projects to enable postsecondary students, including preservice
teachers, to achieve proficiency or advanced proficiency or
postsecondary institutions to develop programs in one or more of the
less commonly taught languages: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese,
Russian, and languages in the Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language
families.
Invitational Priority 5:
Projects designed to disseminate successful strategies to achieve the
goals of any of the above invitational priorities serving
postsecondary education.
The Comprehensive Program is the central grant competition of
FIPSE. Information about last year's FIPSE program can be found at
http://www.ed.gov/programs/fipsecomp/index.html
Questions regarding this announcement can be directed to Mr. Anthony
Halford in OVCR at 32-996-7036 or ahalford@uic.edu
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 8, 2007 4:17:07 PM CST
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: Research Development Services Workshop - Funding: Finding
Expected and Unexpected Sources
Reply-To: DDDH Send
Research Development Services Workshop
Funding: Finding Expected and Unexpected Sources
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
10 am – 11:30 am
B-11 AOB, training room 11A
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Development
Services is offering a workshop on Wednesday, March 28th at 10 am
entitled Funding: Finding Expected and Unexpected Sources. The first
half of this workshop will provide an overview of searching for
funding opportunities using various online search tools including
Community of Science (COS) and Grants.gov. The second half of this
workshop will be an open session for targeted keyword searches and
will allow time for questions. This workshop is intended for new
investigators or investigators new to UIC.
The workshop will be held in the Administrative Office Building
(AOB), 1737 West Polk Street, Room B-11, training room 11A. Space is
limited to 18 workstations.
To register for this event:
1. Go to www.uictraining.org.
2. Login or if a first-time user, click on ‘Register with us.’
3. Select ‘Course Catalog’ from the menu bar on the left.
4. Under ‘General Research,’ find the workshop/course/event of
interest and click on the title.
5. Click on Register.
6. If you are unable to attend, please un-register or contact
Continuing-Ed@listserv.uic.edu.
Please contact Jennifer Czak (jpaliga@uic.edu) or (312) 996-2590 with
any questions.
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 9, 2007 2:58:30 PM CST
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: Economic Development Council Forum: Successful Incubator and
Tech Park Models
Reply-To: DDDH Send
The Technology Commercialization Task Force of the Economic
Development Council is pleased to present a Breakfast Forum focused
on successful incubators and tech park models for technology
commercialization and the impact on economic development.
Topic: Successful Incubator and Tech Park Models for Technology
Commercialization
Day/Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Time: 7:30a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Address: 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago IL 60604
The Forum will feature Ilse Treurnicht, the CEO of the MaRS Discovery
District in downtown Toronto, Canada. The MaRS Centre, which opened
in May 2005, comprises 700,000 square feet in three buildings
occupied by over fifty companies and organizations. The facility is
expected to grow to over 1.5 million square feet within the next
two years. The Centre is designed to serve as a platform for
regional innovation based in an urban setting, bringing together
people and enterprises that are synergistic with respect to
innovation and commercialization.
In addition, representatives of four major tech parks in Illinois
will describe the activities and future vision for our local
incubator and tech parks. The Forum will be presented in a panel
format with ample time allotted for audience discussion. .
The cost of the Breakfast Forum is $50.00/$35.00 for members.
Reservations are mandatory. To reserve on-line, visit
www.edcchicago.org, or contact the Economic Development Chicago
office by telephone: 773-279-8787; or by email:
edcchicago@ameritech.net .
Following the Forum, Illinois Global Partnership has arranged for a
program and tour of the Illinois Science and Technology Park in
Skokie and the University Technology Park at the Illinois Institute
of Technology in Chicago. The tour includes lunch. Buses will
depart following the Forum at 11:30 a.m. The additional cost for
this program is $25/$15 for members. Again, reservations are
mandatory. Reservation must be received by March 16, 2007.
For more detailed information on the Forum, please visit: http://
tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/air/index.shtml.
Questions on the Forum may be directed to David Gulley, dgulley@uic.edu.
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 16, 2007 2:54:25 PM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: New Faculty Affairs Newsletter Now Online!
Reply-To: DDDH Send
The latest issue of the Faculty Affairs newsletter is now available
online at http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/faculty/
FANewsletterMarch_2007.pdf. If you have any trouble using this link,
simply go to the UIC home page, click the "For Faculty" button in the
top navigation bar, and follow the links to the Faculty Affairs page.
Mrinalini C. Rao
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 22, 2007 3:01:47 PM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: Grants and Contracts Sponsored Project Expenditures Reports
Available Online
Reply-To: DDDH Send
Date: March 22, 2007
To: Deans, Directors, Department Heads, Academic Fiscal
Officers, and Business
Administrators
From: Vanessa Peoples, Director of Grants and Contracts
Re: Grants and Contracts Sponsored Project Expenditures
Reports Available Online
The Office of Grants and Contracts has published on the OBFS Web site
the Grants and Contracts Sponsored Project Expenditures Reports for
Fiscal Years 2004, 2005, and 2006.
The documents posted online replicate the documents available in
print (grey book), with the exception of Sections 5 & 7 which are the
detailed listings of research and other sponsored program
expenditures. It has been determined that individuals that use these
sections find the printed version easier to reference. To request a
hard copy of the report, please contact the Office of Research
Services at 312-996-2862.
To access the online reports on the OBFS Web site, go to the Grants &
Sponsored Projects Web page and then to the Sponsored Project
Expenditures section (select the Chicago link). This section is at:
< http://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/obfshome.cfm?
level=2&path=grantsp&xmldata=expenditures >
Note that to access these reports you will need to logon with your
Enterprise ID and password (the one you use to access the Banner
system).
If you have any questions regarding these reports, please contact UIC
Grants and Contracts at gcopost1@uillinois.edu or 312-996-3373.
Note: Some e-mail programs split long addresses (URLs) across 2 or
more lines. If you cannot reach the desired page by clicking on the
links provided, try copying all the text between the parentheses into
your browser's address bar. There should be no spaces in the URL.
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 23, 2007 3:37:55 PM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: TCF Banking Relationship for Students
Reply-To: DDDH Send
TO: Deans, Directors, & Department Heads
FROM: Michael DeLorenzo, Assistance Vice Chancellor
RE: TCF Banking Relationship for Students
DATE: March 23, 2007
The University i-card Programs office is pleased to announce a new
exclusive banking relationship for students with TCF Bank. The
relationship offers students with the opportunity to open a “Totally
Free Student Checking” account, which may be linked to their i-cards
for use as an ATM and PIN-based debit card.
An RFP process was conducted to bring this
service to both the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign campuses. TCF branch
locations at UIC will open in the Student Center East and the Student
Center West in the coming months and ATMs will be placed in
convenient high traffic areas on campus.
Creating a simple solution for students to bank
on campus and providing parents with easy access to transfer funds to
students’ accounts are the major goals of this initiative. The
program is similar to currently existing agreements at Northern
Illinois University and DePaul University.
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 26, 2007 3:29:33 PM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Report, entitled
"Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago:
A Campus-wide Survey of Climate, Obstacles and Opportunities"
Reply-To: DDDH Send
To: Deans, Directors and Department Heads
From: Eric Gislason, Vice Chancellor for Research
Re: Interdisciplinary Research Report, entitled
“Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Illinois at
Chicago: A Campus-wide Survey of Climate, Obstacles and Opportunities”
Date: March 23, 2007
Over the past few years, the administration, faculty, and research
professionals at UIC have shown considerable interest in facilitating
interdisciplinary research on campus. In 2006, the Office of the
Provost and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research provided
seed funding for the creation of several interdisciplinary research
centers on campus to encourage interdisciplinary and
transdisciplinary scholarship and education. One of the initial
efforts of one of these centers, the UIC Interdisciplinary Center for
Research on Violence, has been to conduct a study of
interdisciplinary research at UIC.
In April and May of 2006, UIC faculty and research professionals
participated in an online survey regarding interdisciplinary research
(IDR). The survey was conducted to 1) assess the climate and
interest in IDR at UIC; 2) identify any perceived obstacles to IDR
initiatives on campus; and 3) make policy recommendations for the
growth of IDR at UIC. The results of this study have been presented
in an interdisciplinary research report, entitled “Interdisciplinary
Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago: A Campus-wide
Survey of Climate, Obstacles and Opportunities,” prepared by: Dennis
P. Rosenbaum; Amie M. Schuck; Mark A. Mattaini; and Erika Adams.
The report is available to the UIC community by visiting the OVCR
website at the following link: http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/
research/funding/limited_competitions/IDR_Report_2007.pdf . Direct
questions regarding the report to Dr. Rosenbaum at dennisr@uic.edu.
Dr. Carl Bell, Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for
Research on Violence at UIC will take the lead in facilitating
discussion of the report. Contact Dr. Bell at ccbell@uic.edu.
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 27, 2007 11:31:40 AM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: Budget Management and Financial Summaries
Reply-To: DDDH Send
The Budget Management and Financial Summaries, previously referred to
as the “Redbook” reports, are a compilation of significant
financial and statistical information related to UIC. Specific
budget policies governing State/ICR Funds, an overview of the Student
Fee planning process as well as a series of fiscal year end financial
reports are among the topics listed and described in the table of
contents of this OBFS publication.
The FY2006 and FY2007 Budget Management and Financial Summaries and
last year’s FY2005 and FY2006 edition are now available on-line.
This information can be found on the Provost's Office of Budgeting
and Program Analysis website and also on the OBFS Budgeting Chicago
Campus webpage.
Access to this data requires a UIC enterprise logon ID and password.
Please contact the UIC Campus Budget Office at 6-4951 for detailed
information or questions related to the Budget Management and
Financial Summaries.
Heather J. Haberaecker, PhD
Executive Assistant Vice President for Business
and Finance/Chief Business Officer
University of Illinois at Chicago
809 S. Marshfield, Room 611 (MC078)
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 996-2860 (phone)
(312) 996-7287 (fax)
hjh2@uillinois.edu
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 27, 2007 3:22:03 PM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: Fiscal-Year-End Closing and Opening Information Now Available
Reply-To: DDDH Send
Date: March 27 2007
To: Deans, Directors, Department Heads, Academic Fiscal Officers and
Business and Financial Administrators
From: Heather J. Haberaecker, Executive Assistant Vice President for
Business and Finance
Re: Fiscal-Year-End Closing and Opening Information Now Available
The Office of Business and Financial Services has published the
annual guidelines and calendar of critical dates to assist
departments with the fiscal year closing and opening activities.
The FY07 Closing/FY08 Opening Procedures document and other important
information, including dates and procedures for FY07 year-end Labor
Redistributions, can be accessed from the Year-End Procedures section
of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Web page at:
< http://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/obfshome.cfm?
level=2&path=accounts&xmldata=yearend >
This financial information is critical to the integrity of the
University's financial statements. Please share this required
information with personnel responsible for the business and financial
activity of your unit. It is important to carefully review these
guidelines, policies, and critical dates and ensure that this
information is properly recorded in the University's financial system
for inclusion in University financial statements.
For questions regarding the fiscal year-end closing/opening
requirements refer to the OBFS Contacts portion of the FY07 Closing/
FY08 Opening Procedures document, available at the link above.
Note: Some e-mail programs split long addresses (URLs) across 2 or
more lines. If you cannot reach the desired page by clicking on the
links provided, try copying all the text between the parentheses into
your browser's address bar. There should be no spaces in the URL.
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 29, 2007 11:10:28 AM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: Issues Regarding Summer/Fall 2007 Registration
Reply-To: DDDH Send
TO: Deans, Directors and Department Heads
FROM: Margaret Grosch
Director, Programs and Academic Assessment
RE: Issues Regarding Summer/Fall 2007 Registration
As you may know, summer and fall 2007 Advance Registration begins on
April
2, 2007. Since the summer and fall 2007 Schedule of Classes is
currently
being advertised, no changes may be made to course numbers, credit
hours,
titles, prerequisites, or any other course-related information listed
in the
Schedule of Classes (Timetable), nor may new courses be created at this
point for summer or fall 2007. Of course, subject to faculty
availability,
and in response to student demand and enrollment patterns, new
sections of
approved courses may be added at any point during the registration
cycle to
meet student needs.
In order to protect students' registrations as much as possible, the
following changes may not be made after the start of Advance
Registration
(April 2, 2007) if the section contains more than 5 students:
-changes of the meeting time at which a section is scheduled;
-changes in the days for which a section is scheduled;
-dropping of a section;
-capping the enrollment of a course below the number of already
registered
students.
If a department wishes to request an exemption from the moratorium, a
written request with a rationale should be presented to the line
college for
review and, if approved, directed to Midge Grosch (mmgrosch@uic.edu)
in the
Office of Programs and Academic Assessment for review and action.
Section
changes with five or fewer registered students do not require Programs
Office review at any point during the registration cycle and may be
effected
by contacting the Schedule of Classes (Timetable) Office at extension
3-3640
directly. Colleges or schools may wish to approve and/or be notified of
these types of changes, depending on college/school policy. The
Office of
Registration and Records will be informed of all dropped sections and
will
be asked to remove students' names from these cancelled sections.
Regardless of how many students are already registered in a changed or
dropped section, it is the responsibility of the department or
college to
notify these students of any change.
Beginning the first day of instruction for the term, departments may
change
the meeting time and days for which a section is scheduled,
regardless of
the number of students already enrolled, so long as: a) the number of
instructional hours is preserved; b) all students concur with the
schedule
change; and c) the Schedule of Classes (Timetable) Office is notified
of the
change in order to adjust University records for the term and make
certain
there are no room conflicts with the new schedule.
If you have any questions about the above information, feel free to
contact
Kim Neumann via e-mail at khubalik@uic.edu or Julie Kofod at
jkofod@uic.edu.
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 30, 2007 10:10:12 AM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: Library Open Longer Hours
Reply-To: DDDH Send
The Richard J. Daley Library and the Library of the Health Sciences-
Chicago will be open longer hours for the remaining weeks of the
Spring semester.
Effective April 1st the Daley Library, which now closes at 9 PM
Sunday through Thursday, will close at 11 PM on those days. On
April 15th, the Library of the Health Sciences will extend its hours,
closing at 1 AM, instead of at 11 PM, Sunday through Thursday.
Friday and Saturday hours will remain unchanged.
“We are pleased that we are able to respond to students’ requests
for longer library hours,” stated University Librarian Mary
Case. “The recent survey conducted by the library as well as
meetings with student groups all showed that limited hours was one of
users’ chief complaints about library services. We hope that
extending library hours will allow more students to take advantage of
the library and the many services and resources we offer.”
A complete schedule of University Library hours is posted on the
Library’s web site http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/admin/services/
schedules
From: DDDH Send
Date: March 30, 2007 1:55:34 PM CDT
To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
Subject: UIC NCA Reaccreditation Self-Study report
Reply-To: DDDH Send
> As you know, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central
> Association will soon review UIC for reaccreditation. A team of
> peer evaluators will visit UIC April 15-18, 2007.
>
> The baseline documentation for this review consists of an extensive
> Self-Study and associated information. The preparation of the Self-
> Study started in early 2006 and was completed this month. This is
> a critically important component of the North Central Association's
> reaccreditation review of UIC. The document can be viewed at http://
> www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/nca/index.html. Hard copies will be
> distributed shortly.
>
> Needless to say, reaccreditation is an important process for UIC as
> it will demonstrate the enormous progress that has been made in all
> of our areas of endeavor since the last review in 1997.
>
> Thank you,
>
> UIC NCA Reaccreditation Steering Committee
>
> Russell Betts
> Lon Kaufman
> Mo-Yin Tam
> Stephen Wiberley